Securing caepets to floobs



UNITED STATES PATENT CFFICE. y

ENOCH JACKMAN, OF PORTLAND, CONNECTICUT.

SECURING CARPETS T0 FLOORS..

Specification of Letters Patent No.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, ENoCI-I JACKMAN, ofPortland, in the county of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Apparatus for Securing Carpetsto Floors; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andeXact description of the construction and operation of the same,reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of thisspecification.

Figure -I, represents the apparatus'in use; A being the catch fastenedpermanently to the floor by nails or screws, with the upright partthereof recurved toward the base-board to receive the loo-p; B the loop`wit-h its hooks a, and supporting bar b, passing over the curve c ofthe catch A. Fig. II represents a front view of the catch A with itscurve c. Fig. III, is a front view of the loop B with its hooks a andsupport-ing bar Z). Fig. IV is a side view of the catch with its curve.Fig. V is a side view of a section of the loop with the hooks andsupporting bar. v

The catch is made of one piece of any suitable sheet metal bent to theproper form for receiving the loop with holes in the part resting on thefloor to receive nails or screws; or, if preferable, the catch may be ofstrong wire bent to the p'roper form, and, in that case, the lower endof the wire itself may be inserted into the floor.

The loop with its hooks is made of one piece of any suitable wire bentto the 12,061, dated December 12, 1854.

proper form, and the bar is made of. similar wire applied to rthe armsas a supporter;

or, if the wire is sufficiently strong, the bar may be dispensed with.

To usey the apparatus:` Arrange the catches and fasten them permanentlyto the floor around the room next to the baseboard at suitableintervals, leaving suicient space between the board and the curve toreceive the loop; then insert the. hooks of the loop into the edge ofthe carpet so that it may be drawn thereby firmly to the sides of theroom, and pass the loop over the curve. This secures the carpet so thatit may be taken up or put down at pleasure Without drawing or drivingnails, or tacks.

If the carpet is too small `for the room, it is obvious that a similararrangement of the catches maybe made around the sides of the carpet,taking care to construct them of such size and shape as not to interferewith the convenience'of the inmates in passing over the floor.

What I claim as myinvention, and wish. to secure by Lettersl Patent, is-

The hook, hooks or claws on the loop, by which said apparatus, as setforth, may be attached to when fastening carpets to floors, or detachedfrom when taking them up, at pleasure.

Middletown, Connecticut, May 10th 1854.

ENOCH JACKMAN. In presence of JONATHAN BARNES,

HORACE D. HALL.

